The next RSS Medical Section meeting will take place NEXT
Tuesday, 28th November, at 3pm (Tea at 4pm) at the RSS in
London, when there will be two talks on the use of hierarchical/
multilevel models in health/medical research.
All are very welcome. Directions to the RSS can be found at
http://www.rss.org.uk/
PAUL BURTON (University of Leicester)
Generalised Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) in genetic epidemiology
This talk will consider the application of WinBUGS-based generalised linear
mixed models (GLMMs) to a wide range of problems in genetic epidemiology. I
will describe the structure of the GLMMs and say something about how we fit
them. I will explain why they are useful to genetic epidemiologists and are
also of potential use to other bio-statisticians who are faced with family
data to analyse. Finally, I will consider the thorny problem of adjusting
the GLMMs for non-random ascertainment of families.
ALASTAIR H LEYLAND (University of Glasgow)
Multilevel models in Public Health and Health Services Research
The data that are collected for Public Health and Health Services Research
are frequently hierarchical; for example, through the organisation of health
services or the clustering of populations. Further levels may exist, for
example if the data comprise repeated measures or multiple responses. This
talk illustrates such models using examples concerned with the evaluation of
hospital performance, epidemiology, measuring inequalities in health and
disease mapping. Pseudo-likelihood and Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation
methods are discussed using the MLwiN software.
Dr Keith R. Abrams
Reader in Medical Statistics
Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
University of Leicester
22-28 Princess Road West
Leicester, U.K.
LE1 6TP
Tel +44 (0)116 252 3217
FAX +44 (0)116 252 3272
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WWW http://www.prw.le.ac.uk/
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